DuPont mayor and city council will choose a building over the citizens’ public safety services contained within that building. This truth is at the core of DuPont Proposition 1, a ballot measure that seeks a levy lid lift that will increase the city’s property tax collections by 84% annually. Last February, Mayor Michael Grayum stated […]
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The elected leadership of DuPont has spent a great deal of time trying to convince the citizens of DuPont they are facing an economic cliff and claiming it is the citizens fault if the city tumbles over the edge. The recent editorial by Councilman Mike Courts (TNT-10/4/2012) illustrates the contempt for all efforts to demand […]
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Here is the page from the Pierce County Official Local Voters’ Pamphlet that contains the explanatory statement as well as both the statement for DuPont Prop.1 and the statement against on DuPont Prop.1. Click on the image below to enlarge the document.
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The following post was prepared by Elitsa Healy, DuPont resident and former community finance committee member. Healy is also serving on the Committee Against DuPont Prop 1. More of Elitsa’s analysis can be found at dupontlevyfacts.org Many towns have one: an urban legend that is the talk of the town, providing entertainment at dinner parties, […]
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The city of DuPont held a town hall meeting Monday, September 17th, but it wasn’t promoting the upcoming DuPont Proposition 1 ballot initiative. The town hall meeting merely was giving the community the perspective on why six of seven council members voted in the affirmative to place the 84% DuPont property tax increase before the […]
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You have seen the headlines peppering various websites and media outlets. There is a movement afoot where a mishmash of people from a mishmash of backgrounds have banded together to occupy public spaces, steadfast in their conviction. They have been categorized and labeled as hippies, crusties, slackers, do-nothings-who-can’t-hold-a-real-job, idealists, or simply ne’er-do-wells. Others see them […]
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Recently, I have gotten email regarding the proposed salary increases from several people. Each one of them outraged, fed up, and frustrated. To that all I can say is, “meh.” Isn’t this what we talk about every November? To summarize for those who may have been in a coma, the city of DuPont is proposing […]
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